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Dayforce MCP connector

The Dayforce connector brings employee addresses, tax records, badges and availability into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and the Elaichi Agent, so each person can look up and update Dayforce records inside their own access, with every action logged.

  • How it connects. Connects with an API key. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Dayforce to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Dayforce once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Dayforce.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Paste a Dayforce API key. One person generates a token in Dayforce and pastes it once. Everyone else works through Share with, and never sees it.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

dayforce
Dayforce
360learning
7shifts
ADP Workforce Now
Altera Payroll
BambooHR
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Dayforce MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Dayforce MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Dayforce MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Dayforce to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with Dayforce through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • HR

    Update an employee address after a move

    When someone tells HR they have moved, the new address goes straight into their Dayforce record without opening a form. Ask for everyone whose address changed this month to check the mailing list.

  • Payroll

    Set up tax details for new hires

    Create federal and state tax records for a batch of new Canadian or Australian hires in one ask, then list what was created to confirm nothing was missed before the first pay run.

  • Payroll

    Correct tax statuses across many employees

    When a rule changes, update tax statuses for a whole group in Dayforce at once instead of one record at a time. Pull the list afterward to confirm every affected person was covered.

  • Operations

    Check availability before building the schedule

    Look up a person's availability in Dayforce while planning next week, so shifts land on days they can actually work. Managers get the answer in plain language without leaving their chat window.

  • Facilities

    Issue and track building badges

    Create a Dayforce badge for a new starter and list badges by location when a site changes hands. Bulk updates handle a whole floor at once.

  • People operations

    Keep authorization assignments current

    See who is assigned to authorize what in Dayforce, add assignments for new team leads, and update a group of assignments when a department reorganizes.

Try asking

  • “Update the home address for Priya Nair after her move”
  • “List every badge issued for the Toronto office this quarter”
  • “Show federal tax records created for new Canadian hires this month”

See all 310 Dayforce tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Dayforce

All three can connect Dayforce to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Dayforce, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Dayforce tools Allow or restrict single Dayforce tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Dayforce call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

Dayforce tools for your AI agents

310 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Dayforce, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

Showing 233 of 310 Dayforce tools here. Connect Dayforce and call search_tools or tools/list over the MCP endpoint for the complete set.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Dayforce gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Dayforce account.

The agent

Ask Dayforce a question, get a real answer.

Employee addresses, tax records and availability, answered in plain language from live Dayforce data.

  • addresses
  • badges
  • tax statuses
  • authorization assignments

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Update the home address for Priya Nair after her move

List every badge issued for the Toronto office this quarter

Show federal tax records created for new Canadian hires this month

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

One Dayforce endpoint for every AI client.

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor share one governed endpoint, with no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

310 Dayforce tools, no custom code needed.

Addresses, badges, tax records and availability, every resource and method listed and ready.

  • Dayforce addresses bulk update
  • Create a Dayforce address
  • List all Dayforce addresses
  • Dayforce aus federal taxes bulk update
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Dayforce addresses bulk update Update PATCH a PersonAddress. Required parameters: x_ref_code.
Create a Dayforce address Create POST a PersonAddress. Required parameters: x_ref_code.
List all Dayforce addresses List GET PersonAddress Details. Fields may include: PersonAddressId, Address1, Address2, Address3, Address4, Address5, Address6, City. Required parameters: x_ref_code. Field visibility follows the Web Services role: unauthorized fields come back null or absent, not as an error.
Dayforce aus federal taxes bulk update Update Update an AUS federal tax record for an employee in Ceridian Dayforce. Returns an empty 200 response on success. Required parameters: x_ref_code.
Create a Dayforce aus federal tax Create Create an AUS federal tax record for an employee in Ceridian Dayforce. Returns an empty 200 response on success. Required parameters: x_ref_code.

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Dayforce toolbox.

Payroll, HR and operations each see only the Dayforce tools their work needs.

  • HR
  • Payroll
  • Operations
  • Facilities
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

HR toolbox

Dayforce · employee addresses and badges

Dayforce starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Payroll toolbox

Dayforce · federal and state tax records

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Operations toolbox

Dayforce · availability and scheduling

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Facilities toolbox

Dayforce · badges and site access

Dayforce starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Finance toolbox

Dayforce · tax statuses and superannuation

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

People operations toolbox

Dayforce · authorization assignments and new hires

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Share Dayforce access without sharing a credential.

One person connects Dayforce, teams work through it, nobody else handles the API key.

  • Payroll US
  • Payroll Canada
  • Payroll Australia
  • HR
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
DA

Dayforce (Payroll US)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
DA

Dayforce (Payroll Canada)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
DA

Dayforce (Payroll Australia)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
DA

Dayforce (HR)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
DA

Dayforce (Operations)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
DA

Dayforce (Facilities)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Dayforce change has a name on it.

When, who, what happened and which record, kept in an append-only log.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

emily.carter@northwind.io

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

jake.morgan@northwind.io

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

megan.brooks@northwind.io

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

tyler.reed@northwind.io

Dayforce Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

ryan.hayes@northwind.io

Dayforce Addresses Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

ashley.parker@northwind.io

Dayforce Addresses List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule runs Dayforce work end to end.

New addresses are fetched, grouped and drafted into a digest, approved, then posted back to Dayforce.

Dayforce digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch addresses

    Dayforce

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Dayforce

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Dayforce health numbers, refreshed on a schedule.

Four metrics, 14 days of records created and a breakdown by team, no model involved.

Dayforce health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the addresses collection

Live

Addresses

1,284 ↓ 12%

Badges

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Addresses created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Payroll US 34%

Payroll Canada 27%

Payroll Australia 21%

HR 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Dayforce to Claude?

Connect Dayforce in Elaichi by pasting in your Dayforce API key, then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. There is no OAuth application to register on the Dayforce side and no client ID or secret to generate. Once added, you sign in to Elaichi as yourself and Dayforce shows up in Claude ready to use.

Does Dayforce work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Dayforce is connected once in Elaichi, and the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. Nothing is set up separately per client.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Dayforce data?

An agent connected to Dayforce can look up and update employee addresses, create and list federal and state tax records for Canada and Australia, manage badges and authorization assignments, and check a person's availability. It can also handle bulk updates, such as changing tax statuses for a whole group of employees in one go. Short, concrete asks like "list badges for the Toronto office" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Dayforce give the AI access to every employee record?

No. Every request to Dayforce runs as the person who signed in, so the agent sees only the employees, addresses and tax records that person can already see in Dayforce. Elaichi can narrow that access further by team or by action, and it can never widen it beyond what Dayforce already allows.

Can my team share one Dayforce connection?

Yes. One person connects Dayforce with the API key and shares the connection with a team in Elaichi, and nobody else on the team ever sees or handles that key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names the actual person behind every Dayforce change.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Dayforce?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow reading Dayforce addresses and tax records while blocking creates and bulk updates. A restricted action is never offered to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor at all, so no prompt, however worded, can reach it.

What happens to a Dayforce connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Dayforce through every client at once. If they connected a shared Dayforce account, that connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. Disconnecting Dayforce once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and every other client together.

Does the Dayforce MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Dayforce is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Dayforce?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Dayforce. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Dayforce call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Dayforce?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Dayforce: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

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